Spring hopes | Features

Focus on the regions
	Activity level			Order books
	Dec	Jan	Feb	Dec	Jan	Feb
Scotland	41	63	64	41	54	52
Northern Ireland	57	72	44	27	50	34
North England	52	66	48	71	50	64
North-west England	52	45	43	34	33	29
Yorkshire & Humberside	41	54	40	50	71	53
Wales	66	57	50	69	72	38
East Midlands	52	50	59	47	42	44
West Midlands	40	46	42	25	33	28
East Anglia	44	65	59	52	58	44
South-east	44	48	44	37	30	35
South-west	54	55	52	54	52	54
An index measure of 50 indicates no change, a measure greater than 50 an increase and a measure less than 50 a decrease.